Oh thanks, Darling! I just write what comes to me. Mostly about the antics in my life and less about the core me. You folks get a tip of the iceberg, but it helps relieve the stresses of finding myself perpetually single! Appreciate you reading this bloggy blog!

a chemical compound found in red wine called resveratrol has been shown to promote DNA repair, enhance bloodflow to the brain, halt the growth of cancer cells in the colon and prostate. it's also helps keep the heart healthy. however, this is with a small amount of wine weekly; if you down a whole bottle in one night that's a different story.

wine isn't a major component of weight gain -- the foods we eat are. a lot of foods these days are mass produced and made with horrible and cheap ingredients (a main one being high fructose corn syrup) which packs on the pounds because it's so calorie dense. if you eat a lot of things that have a high glycemic index, you will likely gain weight. even with exercise, a calorie-dense diet will still hinder your ability to shed fat; the average exercise burns under 1000cals but a single meal consisting of foods that have a high GI is often close or more than that! throw in 3 meals a day with these foods and your'e consuming high amounts of calories that even moderate exercise won't counter (not you, but general you).

it also doesn't help that as we age, our metabolism starts to plummet so we have to work extra hard to take the pounds off. i swear, since i had my daughter, my whore of a metabolism has gone to shit so i have to sweat and grunt like a hideous pig during my workouts. if i worked out like this back in my 20s, i'd be a ripped sheet right now :(